reapportionment

noun

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"reapportionment" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“reapportionment” is uncommon English (frequency #84,660 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,660
frequency rank, English
21,470
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.

Key facts for reapportionment
PropertyValue
Headwordreapportionment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Frequency rank#84,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “reapportionment” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). reapportionment lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reapportionment is uncommon English at frequency #84,660 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reapportionment, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: c. 1930 reapportion + -ment The correct English form is reapportionment, spelled R-E-A-P-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
  2. 2
    The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.

Etymology

c. 1930 reapportion + -ment

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reapportionment"?
"reapportionment" is spelled R-E-A-P-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-M-E-N-T.
What does "reapportionment" mean?
As a noun, "reapportionment" means: The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
What is the origin of the word "reapportionment"?
c. 1930 reapportion + -ment See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “reapportionment”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is R-E-A-P-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list